CAMPBELL, Percy William
| Service Number: | 6489 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Holbrook, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1958, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6489, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6489, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6489, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Percy was one of 10 children of Samuel Percy and Annie Maria Campbell of Little Billabong via Germantown NSW. The town of Germanton in the eastern Riverina district of NSW changed its name to Holbrook in 1915.
His older brothers 4964 Private Archibald Duncan Campbell 3rd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Pozieres 17 August 1916, age 25, and 6719 Lance Corporal Ronald Allan Thomas Campbell 8th Battalion AIF was killed in action 23 August 1918 aged 26.
Percy William Campbell was awarded a Military Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty’ as a stretcher bearer rescuing wounded under heavy fire during September 1918. He returned to Australia during 1919.